Is it possible to Home Share to AppleTV via Powerline Adapters?

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Hi.

When sharing iTunes Home Sharing to ATV using the regular router set-up all works, when using a Powerline Adapter nothing shows, i.e. the link to the library on the regular Mac is then stopped.

Is there a reason why ATV doesn't permit library sharing via Powerline adapters?
 
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Hi.

When sharing iTunes Home Sharing to ATV using the regular router set-up all works, when using a Powerline Adapter nothing shows, i.e. the link to the library on the regular Mac is then stopped.

Is there a reason why ATV doesn't permit library sharing via Powerline adapters?

Could be your power line adapter is on a different circuit. Isolated from the circuit you want to get to.
Not all house and office wiring will be on the same or common circuit.
I have power line adapters everywhere here. They all connect to everything, including the tv/AppleTV/computes etc.


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Could be your power line adapter is on a different circuit. Isolated from the circuit you want to get to.
Not all house and office wiring will be on the same or common circuit.
I have power line adapters everywhere here. They all connect to everything, including the tv/AppleTV/computes etc.


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Oh, and do you have Ethernet on the Mac as well as wireless?


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Hmmm.

OK, so I can connect to the internet, via AppleTV, with the adapter - but at that point, the Home Sharing element stops. Even if the Mac is on the same network i.e. through the adapter.

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The Mac is upstairs on the same network as fed through the adapter, ATV downstairs - both ATV and the Mac are wireless. Although the adapter, near the ATV, does have an ethernet option.
 
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It basically boils down to: every aspect of the wifi of the ATV works with the main network or the sub-powerline one, except Home Sharing, that just disappears when the powerline is in use.

I've read about this and it does seem fairly common but I can't find a resolve.
 
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rachalmers ... out of interest, which adapters are you using successfully?

TP-Link. I have the Ethernet on the Wireless Hub connected to one, and the others variously to the ATV, Macs x 2, 2 TVs, Sky-Q boxes, and a Hive home heating hub.
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Just coming back to this, and someone else might find this useful with Powerline adapters ... turning IPv6 'off' allowed the connection to work with Home Sharing.

Go figure.
 
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Just coming back to this, and someone else might find this useful with Powerline adapters ... turning IPv6 'off' allowed the connection to work with Home Sharing.

Go figure.

Interesting.


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